University of the Witwatersrand

The National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) annual awards, sponsored by mining company South32, recognises outstanding contributions to science, engineering, technology (SET), and innovation.The hybrid, multi-city gala events of the…

Ray Joseph from GroundUp and News24's Jeff Wicks jointly won this year’s Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism. The winners were announced at an awards ceremony at Wits University on Friday, 21 April.2023 Taco Kuiper Awards for…

The critically important work done by Dr Hannah Dawson, Social Science Researcher at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS) at the University of the Witwatersrand, won her a trophy and R30 000 in the Emerging Researchers…

Since the UN Climate Change Agreement was signed by 196 nations in December 2015, many countries have announced policies to reduce their fossil fuel emissions.Their commitments are set out in nationally determined actions they’ll be…

Sub-Saharan Africa is disproportionally affected by malaria. The region accounts for 95% of the world’s malaria cases. The disease kills an African child every 60 seconds.These figures are alarming. But malaria is preventable and…

The National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) hosted the 8th Annual Humanities and Social Sciences Awards ceremony last month. Wits University Press (Wits Press) received a special award recognising its…

The Complex promises world-class research and therapeutic facilities, an aquatics centre and a residence for elite athletes. A ground-breaking ceremony at the Wits Education Campus in Parktown, Johannesburg, on 4 May 2023 kicks off the…

Most of us have felt either too hot or too cold at some point in our lives. Depending on where we live, we may feel too cold quite often each winter, and too hot for a few days in summer. As we’re writing this in late January 2023 many…

Wits Sports hosted its annual Sports Award to honour the exceptional talent, commitment and discipline of student-athletes.Over 80 student-athletes were recognised across nine categories at the awards. This includes Wits University’s…

The widespread embrace by old and young across the political spectrum in former disadvantaged communities of outdated economic policy ideas that have been frozen in the Soviet Union-era, redistribution policies that have failed…